1. Command

$ npx healthcare-marketplace check --status=critical --verbose --debug

Initializing healthcare-marketplace diagnostic utility...

2. Output

INFO: Current Date: December 2025

INFO: Administration: Donald J. Trump (President), JD Vance (Vice-President)

INFO: Evaluating 'Obamacare' (Affordable Care Act - ACA) stability.

WARN: Senate vote on December 11 REJECTED bipartisan healthcare bills.

ERROR: ACA_SUBSIDIES_EXPIRED at end of year. Impact: HIGH.

DEBUG: This 'rejection' seems less like a bug and more like a feature of the current political build.

+----------------------------------------+|            SYSTEM ALERT:               ||      PREMIUM_COST_HIKES_IMMINENT       ||      (Average +20% expected)           |+----------------------------------------+

INFO: Expert analysis by Jonathan Gruber (MIT) and Dr. Benjamin Sommers (Harvard) confirms 'massive scaleback in subsidies' and 'sharp reduction in Medicaid eligibility' as primary collapse vectors.

DEBUG: Looks like they're trying to debug healthcare by removing its core dependencies. Bold strategy, Cotton.

WARN: Trump administration changes detected:

• Shortening enrollment period.
• Reducing outreach spending.
• Increasing friction for annual re-enrollment.

ERROR: Millions projected to lose coverage. Some safety net hospitals and providers may face operational instability.

DEBUG: Healthcare system debugging often includes the phrase 'some people will likely die'. This is not ideal UX.

INFO: David Cutler (Harvard) suggests 'entirety of ACA will not collapse, but some parts might.'

INFO: Sara Rosenbaum (George Washington University) warns of potential market damage if 'younger, healthier people' leave, pushing insurers towards 'catastrophic plans' linked to HSAs.

"The market simply cannot run without healthy tax credits."

DEBUG: Apparently, 'One Big Beautiful Bill' (OBBB) module has been introduced, cutting 'hundreds of billions' from Medicaid expansion but not fully eliminating it. A partial rollback, not a full `rm -rf`.

WARN: Republican-proposed 'Health Savings Accounts' (HSAs) flagged by Timothy Jost (Washington and Lee University) as primarily benefiting 'wealthier people save money tax-free,' not providing coverage for 'serious medical needs.'

--- health_policy.config.old    2025-12-10+++ health_policy.config.new    2025-12-12@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ # ACA Tax Credit Configuration-SUBSIDY_STATUS = ENABLED+SUBSIDY_STATUS = DISABLED # Effective Dec 31, 2025 FUNDING_LEVEL = ENHANCED@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@-OUTREACH_BUDGET = HIGH-ENROLLMENT_PERIOD_LENGTH = STANDARD+OUTREACH_BUDGET = LOW+ENROLLMENT_PERIOD_LENGTH = SHORTENED # Medicaid Expansion MEDICAID_FUNDING_CUT = PARTIAL # OBBB impact

3. Stacktrace (If This News Were Code)

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.PolicyException: Insufficient_Funding_For_Core_Module at com.healthcare.PolicyEngine.evaluateSubsidies(PolicyEngine.java:187)

at com.healthcare.Marketplace.updatePremiums(Marketplace.java:342)

at com.government.LegislativeBranch.processBills(LegislativeBranch.java:99)

at com.government.Senate.vote(Senate.java:55)

at com.country.USA.runGovernance(USA.java:23)

Caused by: com.user.InputError: Policy_Rejection_Event at com.healthcare.PolicyEngine.evaluateSubsidies(PolicyEngine.java:170)

Segmentation fault? Unexpected behavior? Panic! The `Subsidies` module, a critical dependency for the `Marketplace` functionality, failed to receive necessary input from the `LegislativeBranch` after a `vote` operation. This has triggered a cascading `PolicyException` leading to `Premium_Cost_Hikes` across the entire `healthcare-marketplace` system. Essentially, the code for affordability just got commented out by political decree.

4. Patch Notes

• - Removed: Enhanced ACA tax credit system (E.O.D. 2025).

• - Added: Significant premium cost increases to 'uninsured_users' and 'existing_marketplace_users' modules.

• - WARN: `Millions_Uninsured` counter incremented. Expect high-priority alerts from `public_health` and `economic_impact` modules.

• - Fixed: (For wealthier users only) 'Health Savings Account' module now provides more tax optimization features.

• - Modified: `enrollment_period_duration` parameter significantly reduced for all users.

• - DEBUG: `healthcare_system_stability` flag is currently toggling between `WARNING` and `CRITICAL`. Human intervention required (again).